State of Cybersecurity 2023

**Executive summary:** The 2023 Arctic Wolf State of Cybersecurity Trends Report finds ransomware to be organizations' top concern (48%) with frequent ransom payments (reported at 74%), highlights cloud security as a rising priority (42%) and increased investment plans, notes a concerning underinvestment in patch management despite vulnerability-related worries, and reports a shift from traditional EDR toward managed detection and response (MDR) and network traffic analysis (NTA) for better detection and response.